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  <div class="section" id="develop-with-asyncio">
<span id="asyncio-dev"></span><h1>18.5.9. Develop with asyncio<a class="headerlink" href="#develop-with-asyncio" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>Asynchronous programming is different than classical &#8220;sequential&#8221; programming.
This page lists common traps and explains how to avoid them.</p>
<div class="section" id="debug-mode-of-asyncio">
<span id="asyncio-debug-mode"></span><h2>18.5.9.1. Debug mode of asyncio<a class="headerlink" href="#debug-mode-of-asyncio" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>The implementation of <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio.html#module-asyncio" title="asyncio: Asynchronous I/O, event loop, coroutines and tasks."><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">asyncio</span></tt></a> module has been written for performances.
To development with asyncio, it&#8217;s required to enable the debug checks to ease
the development of asynchronous code.</p>
<p>Setup an application to enable all debug checks:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Enable the asyncio debug mode globally by setting the environment variable
<span class="target" id="index-0"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../using/cmdline.html#envvar-PYTHONASYNCIODEBUG"><tt class="xref std std-envvar docutils literal"><span class="pre">PYTHONASYNCIODEBUG</span></tt></a> to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">1</span></tt></li>
<li>Set the log level of the <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio-logger"><em>asyncio logger</em></a> to
<tt class="xref py py-data docutils literal"><span class="pre">logging.DEBUG</span></tt>. For example, call
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)</span></tt> at startup.</li>
<li>Configure the <a class="reference internal" href="warnings.html#module-warnings" title="warnings: Issue warning messages and control their disposition."><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">warnings</span></tt></a> module to display <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#ResourceWarning" title="ResourceWarning"><tt class="xref py py-exc docutils literal"><span class="pre">ResourceWarning</span></tt></a>
warnings. For example, use the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-Wdefault</span></tt> command line option of Python to
display them.</li>
</ul>
<p>Examples debug checks:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Log <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio-coroutine-not-scheduled"><em>coroutines defined but never &#8220;yielded from&#8221;</em></a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-eventloop.html#asyncio.BaseEventLoop.call_soon" title="asyncio.BaseEventLoop.call_soon"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">call_soon()</span></tt></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-eventloop.html#asyncio.BaseEventLoop.call_at" title="asyncio.BaseEventLoop.call_at"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">call_at()</span></tt></a> methods
raise an exception if they are called from the wrong thread.</li>
<li>Log the execution time of the selector</li>
<li>Log callbacks taking more than 100 ms to be executed. The
<tt class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">BaseEventLoop.slow_callback_duration</span></tt> attribute is the minimum
duration in seconds of &#8220;slow&#8221; callbacks.</li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#ResourceWarning" title="ResourceWarning"><tt class="xref py py-exc docutils literal"><span class="pre">ResourceWarning</span></tt></a> warnings are emitted when transports and event loops
are <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio-close-transports"><em>not closed explicitly</em></a>.</li>
</ul>
<div class="admonition seealso">
<p class="first admonition-title">See also</p>
<p class="last">The <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-eventloop.html#asyncio.BaseEventLoop.set_debug" title="asyncio.BaseEventLoop.set_debug"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">BaseEventLoop.set_debug()</span></tt></a> method and the <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio-logger"><em>asyncio logger</em></a>.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="cancellation">
<h2>18.5.9.2. Cancellation<a class="headerlink" href="#cancellation" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Cancellation of tasks is not common in classic programming. In asynchronous
programming, not only it is something common, but you have to prepare your
code to handle it.</p>
<p>Futures and tasks can be cancelled explicitly with their <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-task.html#asyncio.Future.cancel" title="asyncio.Future.cancel"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">Future.cancel()</span></tt></a>
method. The <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-task.html#asyncio.wait_for" title="asyncio.wait_for"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">wait_for()</span></tt></a> function cancels the waited task when the timeout
occurs. There are many other cases where a task can be cancelled indirectly.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t call <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-task.html#asyncio.Future.set_result" title="asyncio.Future.set_result"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">set_result()</span></tt></a> or <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-task.html#asyncio.Future.set_exception" title="asyncio.Future.set_exception"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">set_exception()</span></tt></a> method
of <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-task.html#asyncio.Future" title="asyncio.Future"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Future</span></tt></a> if the future is cancelled: it would fail with an exception.
For example, write:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="k">if</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="n">fut</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">cancelled</span><span class="p">():</span>
    <span class="n">fut</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">set_result</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;done&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Don&#8217;t schedule directly a call to the <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-task.html#asyncio.Future.set_result" title="asyncio.Future.set_result"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">set_result()</span></tt></a> or the
<a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-task.html#asyncio.Future.set_exception" title="asyncio.Future.set_exception"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">set_exception()</span></tt></a> method of a future with
<a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-eventloop.html#asyncio.BaseEventLoop.call_soon" title="asyncio.BaseEventLoop.call_soon"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">BaseEventLoop.call_soon()</span></tt></a>: the future can be cancelled before its method
is called.</p>
<p>If you wait for a future, you should check early if the future was cancelled to
avoid useless operations. Example:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nd">@coroutine</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">slow_operation</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">fut</span><span class="p">):</span>
    <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">fut</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">cancelled</span><span class="p">():</span>
        <span class="k">return</span>
    <span class="c"># ... slow computation ...</span>
    <span class="k">yield from</span> <span class="n">fut</span>
    <span class="c"># ...</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-task.html#asyncio.shield" title="asyncio.shield"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">shield()</span></tt></a> function can also be used to ignore cancellation.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="concurrency-and-multithreading">
<span id="asyncio-multithreading"></span><h2>18.5.9.3. Concurrency and multithreading<a class="headerlink" href="#concurrency-and-multithreading" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>An event loop runs in a thread and executes all callbacks and tasks in the same
thread. While a task is running in the event loop, no other task is running in
the same thread. But when the task uses <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">yield</span> <span class="pre">from</span></tt>, the task is suspended
and the event loop executes the next task.</p>
<p>To schedule a callback from a different thread, the
<a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-eventloop.html#asyncio.BaseEventLoop.call_soon_threadsafe" title="asyncio.BaseEventLoop.call_soon_threadsafe"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">BaseEventLoop.call_soon_threadsafe()</span></tt></a> method should be used. Example to
schedule a coroutine from a different thread:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">loop</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">call_soon_threadsafe</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">async</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">coro_func</span><span class="p">())</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Most asyncio objects are not thread safe. You should only worry if you access
objects outside the event loop. For example, to cancel a future, don&#8217;t call
directly its <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-task.html#asyncio.Future.cancel" title="asyncio.Future.cancel"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">Future.cancel()</span></tt></a> method, but:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">loop</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">call_soon_threadsafe</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">fut</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">cancel</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>To handle signals and to execute subprocesses, the event loop must be run in
the main thread.</p>
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-eventloop.html#asyncio.BaseEventLoop.run_in_executor" title="asyncio.BaseEventLoop.run_in_executor"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">BaseEventLoop.run_in_executor()</span></tt></a> method can be used with a thread pool
executor to execute a callback in different thread to not block the thread of
the event loop.</p>
<div class="admonition seealso">
<p class="first admonition-title">See also</p>
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-sync.html#asyncio-sync"><em>Synchronization primitives</em></a> section describes ways
to synchronize tasks.</p>
<p class="last">The <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-subprocess.html#asyncio-subprocess-threads"><em>Subprocess and threads</em></a> section lists
asyncio limitations to run subprocesses from different threads.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="handle-blocking-functions-correctly">
<span id="asyncio-handle-blocking"></span><h2>18.5.9.4. Handle blocking functions correctly<a class="headerlink" href="#handle-blocking-functions-correctly" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Blocking functions should not be called directly. For example, if a function
blocks for 1 second, other tasks are delayed by 1 second which can have an
important impact on reactivity.</p>
<p>For networking and subprocesses, the <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio.html#module-asyncio" title="asyncio: Asynchronous I/O, event loop, coroutines and tasks."><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">asyncio</span></tt></a> module provides high-level
APIs like <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-protocol.html#asyncio-protocol"><em>protocols</em></a>.</p>
<p>An executor can be used to run a task in a different thread or even in a
different process, to not block the thread of the event loop. See the
<a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-eventloop.html#asyncio.BaseEventLoop.run_in_executor" title="asyncio.BaseEventLoop.run_in_executor"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">BaseEventLoop.run_in_executor()</span></tt></a> method.</p>
<div class="admonition seealso">
<p class="first admonition-title">See also</p>
<p class="last">The <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-eventloop.html#asyncio-delayed-calls"><em>Delayed calls</em></a> section details how the
event loop handles time.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="logging">
<span id="asyncio-logger"></span><h2>18.5.9.5. Logging<a class="headerlink" href="#logging" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio.html#module-asyncio" title="asyncio: Asynchronous I/O, event loop, coroutines and tasks."><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">asyncio</span></tt></a> module logs information with the <a class="reference internal" href="logging.html#module-logging" title="logging: Flexible event logging system for applications."><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">logging</span></tt></a> module in
the logger <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'asyncio'</span></tt>.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="detect-coroutine-objects-never-scheduled">
<span id="asyncio-coroutine-not-scheduled"></span><h2>18.5.9.6. Detect coroutine objects never scheduled<a class="headerlink" href="#detect-coroutine-objects-never-scheduled" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>When a coroutine function is called and its result is not passed to
<a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-task.html#asyncio.async" title="asyncio.async"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">async()</span></tt></a> or to the <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-eventloop.html#asyncio.BaseEventLoop.create_task" title="asyncio.BaseEventLoop.create_task"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">BaseEventLoop.create_task()</span></tt></a> method, the execution
of the coroutine object will never be scheduled which is probably a bug.
<a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio-debug-mode"><em>Enable the debug mode of asyncio</em></a> to <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio-logger"><em>log a
warning</em></a> to detect it.</p>
<p>Example with the bug:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">asyncio</span>

<span class="nd">@asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">coroutine</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">test</span><span class="p">():</span>
    <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&quot;never scheduled&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>

<span class="n">test</span><span class="p">()</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Output in debug mode:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">Coroutine</span> <span class="n">test</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="n">at</span> <span class="n">test</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">py</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="mi">3</span> <span class="n">was</span> <span class="n">never</span> <span class="n">yielded</span> <span class="kn">from</span>
<span class="nn">Coroutine</span> <span class="nb">object</span> <span class="n">created</span> <span class="n">at</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">most</span> <span class="n">recent</span> <span class="n">call</span> <span class="n">last</span><span class="p">):</span>
  <span class="n">File</span> <span class="s">&quot;test.py&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">line</span> <span class="mi">7</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">module</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
    <span class="n">test</span><span class="p">()</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The fix is to call the <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-task.html#asyncio.async" title="asyncio.async"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">async()</span></tt></a> function or the
<a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-eventloop.html#asyncio.BaseEventLoop.create_task" title="asyncio.BaseEventLoop.create_task"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">BaseEventLoop.create_task()</span></tt></a> method with the coroutine object.</p>
<div class="admonition seealso">
<p class="first admonition-title">See also</p>
<p class="last"><a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio-pending-task-destroyed"><em>Pending task destroyed</em></a>.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="detect-exceptions-never-consumed">
<h2>18.5.9.7. Detect exceptions never consumed<a class="headerlink" href="#detect-exceptions-never-consumed" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Python usually calls <a class="reference internal" href="sys.html#sys.displayhook" title="sys.displayhook"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">sys.displayhook()</span></tt></a> on unhandled exceptions. If
<a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-task.html#asyncio.Future.set_exception" title="asyncio.Future.set_exception"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">Future.set_exception()</span></tt></a> is called, but the exception is never consumed,
<a class="reference internal" href="sys.html#sys.displayhook" title="sys.displayhook"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">sys.displayhook()</span></tt></a> is not called. Instead, <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio-logger"><em>a log is emitted</em></a> when the future is deleted by the garbage collector, with the
traceback where the exception was raised.</p>
<p>Example of unhandled exception:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">asyncio</span>

<span class="nd">@asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">coroutine</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">bug</span><span class="p">():</span>
    <span class="k">raise</span> <span class="ne">Exception</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&quot;not consumed&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>

<span class="n">loop</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get_event_loop</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ensure_future</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">bug</span><span class="p">())</span>
<span class="n">loop</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">run_forever</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="n">loop</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">close</span><span class="p">()</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Output:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">Task</span> <span class="n">exception</span> <span class="n">was</span> <span class="n">never</span> <span class="n">retrieved</span>
<span class="n">future</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">Task</span> <span class="n">finished</span> <span class="n">coro</span><span class="o">=&lt;</span><span class="n">coro</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="n">done</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">defined</span> <span class="n">at</span> <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">coroutines</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">py</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="mi">139</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="n">exception</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="ne">Exception</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;not consumed&#39;</span><span class="p">,)</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
<span class="n">Traceback</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">most</span> <span class="n">recent</span> <span class="n">call</span> <span class="n">last</span><span class="p">):</span>
  <span class="n">File</span> <span class="s">&quot;asyncio/tasks.py&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">line</span> <span class="mi">237</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">_step</span>
    <span class="n">result</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">next</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">coro</span><span class="p">)</span>
  <span class="n">File</span> <span class="s">&quot;asyncio/coroutines.py&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">line</span> <span class="mi">141</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">coro</span>
    <span class="n">res</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">func</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">args</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">**</span><span class="n">kw</span><span class="p">)</span>
  <span class="n">File</span> <span class="s">&quot;test.py&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">line</span> <span class="mi">5</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">bug</span>
    <span class="k">raise</span> <span class="ne">Exception</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&quot;not consumed&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="ne">Exception</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="n">consumed</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio-debug-mode"><em>Enable the debug mode of asyncio</em></a> to get the
traceback where the task was created. Output in debug mode:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">Task</span> <span class="n">exception</span> <span class="n">was</span> <span class="n">never</span> <span class="n">retrieved</span>
<span class="n">future</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">Task</span> <span class="n">finished</span> <span class="n">coro</span><span class="o">=&lt;</span><span class="n">bug</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="n">done</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">defined</span> <span class="n">at</span> <span class="n">test</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">py</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="n">exception</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="ne">Exception</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;not consumed&#39;</span><span class="p">,)</span> <span class="n">created</span> <span class="n">at</span> <span class="n">test</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">py</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="mi">8</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
<span class="n">source_traceback</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">Object</span> <span class="n">created</span> <span class="n">at</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">most</span> <span class="n">recent</span> <span class="n">call</span> <span class="n">last</span><span class="p">):</span>
  <span class="n">File</span> <span class="s">&quot;test.py&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">line</span> <span class="mi">8</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">module</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
    <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ensure_future</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">bug</span><span class="p">())</span>
<span class="n">Traceback</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">most</span> <span class="n">recent</span> <span class="n">call</span> <span class="n">last</span><span class="p">):</span>
  <span class="n">File</span> <span class="s">&quot;asyncio/tasks.py&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">line</span> <span class="mi">237</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">_step</span>
    <span class="n">result</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">next</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">coro</span><span class="p">)</span>
  <span class="n">File</span> <span class="s">&quot;asyncio/coroutines.py&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">line</span> <span class="mi">79</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">__next__</span>
    <span class="k">return</span> <span class="nb">next</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">gen</span><span class="p">)</span>
  <span class="n">File</span> <span class="s">&quot;asyncio/coroutines.py&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">line</span> <span class="mi">141</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">coro</span>
    <span class="n">res</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">func</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">args</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">**</span><span class="n">kw</span><span class="p">)</span>
  <span class="n">File</span> <span class="s">&quot;test.py&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">line</span> <span class="mi">5</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">bug</span>
    <span class="k">raise</span> <span class="ne">Exception</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&quot;not consumed&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="ne">Exception</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="n">consumed</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>There are different options to fix this issue. The first option is to chain the
coroutine in another coroutine and use classic try/except:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nd">@asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">coroutine</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">handle_exception</span><span class="p">():</span>
    <span class="k">try</span><span class="p">:</span>
        <span class="k">yield from</span> <span class="n">bug</span><span class="p">()</span>
    <span class="k">except</span> <span class="ne">Exception</span><span class="p">:</span>
        <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&quot;exception consumed&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>

<span class="n">loop</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get_event_loop</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ensure_future</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">handle_exception</span><span class="p">())</span>
<span class="n">loop</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">run_forever</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="n">loop</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">close</span><span class="p">()</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Another option is to use the <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-eventloop.html#asyncio.BaseEventLoop.run_until_complete" title="asyncio.BaseEventLoop.run_until_complete"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">BaseEventLoop.run_until_complete()</span></tt></a>
function:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">task</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ensure_future</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">bug</span><span class="p">())</span>
<span class="k">try</span><span class="p">:</span>
    <span class="n">loop</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">run_until_complete</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">task</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">except</span> <span class="ne">Exception</span><span class="p">:</span>
    <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&quot;exception consumed&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<div class="admonition seealso">
<p class="first admonition-title">See also</p>
<p class="last">The <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-task.html#asyncio.Future.exception" title="asyncio.Future.exception"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">Future.exception()</span></tt></a> method.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="chain-coroutines-correctly">
<h2>18.5.9.8. Chain coroutines correctly<a class="headerlink" href="#chain-coroutines-correctly" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>When a coroutine function calls other coroutine functions and tasks, they
should be chained explicitly with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">yield</span> <span class="pre">from</span></tt>. Otherwise, the execution is
not guaranteed to be sequential.</p>
<p>Example with different bugs using <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-task.html#asyncio.sleep" title="asyncio.sleep"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">asyncio.sleep()</span></tt></a> to simulate slow
operations:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">asyncio</span>

<span class="nd">@asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">coroutine</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">create</span><span class="p">():</span>
    <span class="k">yield from</span> <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">sleep</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">3.0</span><span class="p">)</span>
    <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&quot;(1) create file&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>

<span class="nd">@asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">coroutine</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">write</span><span class="p">():</span>
    <span class="k">yield from</span> <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">sleep</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">1.0</span><span class="p">)</span>
    <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&quot;(2) write into file&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>

<span class="nd">@asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">coroutine</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">close</span><span class="p">():</span>
    <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&quot;(3) close file&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>

<span class="nd">@asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">coroutine</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">test</span><span class="p">():</span>
    <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ensure_future</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">create</span><span class="p">())</span>
    <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ensure_future</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">write</span><span class="p">())</span>
    <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ensure_future</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">close</span><span class="p">())</span>
    <span class="k">yield from</span> <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">sleep</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">2.0</span><span class="p">)</span>
    <span class="n">loop</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stop</span><span class="p">()</span>

<span class="n">loop</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get_event_loop</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ensure_future</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">test</span><span class="p">())</span>
<span class="n">loop</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">run_forever</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&quot;Pending tasks at exit: %s&quot;</span> <span class="o">%</span> <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Task</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">all_tasks</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">loop</span><span class="p">))</span>
<span class="n">loop</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">close</span><span class="p">()</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Expected output:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">create</span> <span class="n">file</span>
<span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">write</span> <span class="n">into</span> <span class="n">file</span>
<span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">close</span> <span class="n">file</span>
<span class="n">Pending</span> <span class="n">tasks</span> <span class="n">at</span> <span class="n">exit</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">set</span><span class="p">()</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Actual output:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3"><div class="highlight"><pre>(3) close file
(2) write into file
Pending tasks at exit: {&lt;Task pending create() at test.py:7 wait_for=&lt;Future pending cb=[Task._wakeup()]&gt;&gt;}
Task was destroyed but it is pending!
task: &lt;Task pending create() done at test.py:5 wait_for=&lt;Future pending cb=[Task._wakeup()]&gt;&gt;
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The loop stopped before the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">create()</span></tt> finished, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">close()</span></tt> has been called
before <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">write()</span></tt>, whereas coroutine functions were called in this order:
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">create()</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">write()</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">close()</span></tt>.</p>
<p>To fix the example, tasks must be marked with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">yield</span> <span class="pre">from</span></tt>:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nd">@asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">coroutine</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">test</span><span class="p">():</span>
    <span class="k">yield from</span> <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ensure_future</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">create</span><span class="p">())</span>
    <span class="k">yield from</span> <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ensure_future</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">write</span><span class="p">())</span>
    <span class="k">yield from</span> <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ensure_future</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">close</span><span class="p">())</span>
    <span class="k">yield from</span> <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">sleep</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">2.0</span><span class="p">)</span>
    <span class="n">loop</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stop</span><span class="p">()</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Or without <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">asyncio.ensure_future()</span></tt>:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nd">@asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">coroutine</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">test</span><span class="p">():</span>
    <span class="k">yield from</span> <span class="n">create</span><span class="p">()</span>
    <span class="k">yield from</span> <span class="n">write</span><span class="p">()</span>
    <span class="k">yield from</span> <span class="n">close</span><span class="p">()</span>
    <span class="k">yield from</span> <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">sleep</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">2.0</span><span class="p">)</span>
    <span class="n">loop</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stop</span><span class="p">()</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="pending-task-destroyed">
<span id="asyncio-pending-task-destroyed"></span><h2>18.5.9.9. Pending task destroyed<a class="headerlink" href="#pending-task-destroyed" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>If a pending task is destroyed, the execution of its wrapped <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-task.html#coroutine"><em>coroutine</em></a> did not complete. It is probably a bug and so a warning is logged.</p>
<p>Example of log:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3"><div class="highlight"><pre>Task was destroyed but it is pending!
task: &lt;Task pending coro=&lt;kill_me() done, defined at test.py:5&gt; wait_for=&lt;Future pending cb=[Task._wakeup()]&gt;&gt;
</pre></div>
</div>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio-debug-mode"><em>Enable the debug mode of asyncio</em></a> to get the
traceback where the task was created. Example of log in debug mode:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3"><div class="highlight"><pre>Task was destroyed but it is pending!
source_traceback: Object created at (most recent call last):
  File &quot;test.py&quot;, line 15, in &lt;module&gt;
    task = asyncio.ensure_future(coro, loop=loop)
task: &lt;Task pending coro=&lt;kill_me() done, defined at test.py:5&gt; wait_for=&lt;Future pending cb=[Task._wakeup()] created at test.py:7&gt; created at test.py:15&gt;
</pre></div>
</div>
<div class="admonition seealso">
<p class="first admonition-title">See also</p>
<p class="last"><a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio-coroutine-not-scheduled"><em>Detect coroutine objects never scheduled</em></a>.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="close-transports-and-event-loops">
<span id="asyncio-close-transports"></span><h2>18.5.9.10. Close transports and event loops<a class="headerlink" href="#close-transports-and-event-loops" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>When a transport is no more needed, call its <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">close()</span></tt> method to release
resources. Event loops must also be closed explicitly.</p>
<p>If a transport or an event loop is not closed explicitly, a
<a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#ResourceWarning" title="ResourceWarning"><tt class="xref py py-exc docutils literal"><span class="pre">ResourceWarning</span></tt></a> warning will be emitted in its destructor. By default,
<a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#ResourceWarning" title="ResourceWarning"><tt class="xref py py-exc docutils literal"><span class="pre">ResourceWarning</span></tt></a> warnings are ignored. The <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio-debug-mode"><em>Debug mode of asyncio</em></a> section explains how to display them.</p>
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